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Unusually rapid β-cell failure in a patient newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes presenting acutely with unprovoked severe hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar state: a case report

Pancreatic β-cell failure on a background of insulin resistance results in the inability to compensate for fasting hyperglycaemia and eventually produces type 2 diabetes mellitus. We describe an interesting case of a patient who presented acutely with unprovoked severe hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar st...

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Autores principales: Yeoh, Joey, Huang, Judy Chien-Chun, Cheng, Harriet, Muir, Kenneth Ross
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918352
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8880